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About Reckless Librarian

Secondary school librarian in a comprehensive school in Hertfordshire, working with some wonderful students and inspiring staff. Switched t

World Book Day

Happy World Book Day everyone!  It’s been a frenetic day up here in the library, with the book swap running through break and lunchtime, with some fantastic books being offered for exchange this year. We’ve also been handing out the … Continue reading

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First Steps

The first batch of DVDs have arrived! Also out of shot there’s another box with Science based ones, such as Planet Earth and The Sky at Night, as well as several History documentaries.  But as you can see, we’ve gone … Continue reading

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Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares, by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

  This is a Christmas story really, so I came to it a little late in the game, but with the last remnants of flu still hanging around, this was a fun book to curl up under a blanket with. … Continue reading

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Good News

It’s a tense time for schools and libraries across the country at the moment as the cuts start to bite.  Many we know have been threatened with, or notified of redundancies.  The good news here is that the staffing hours … Continue reading

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Room, by Emma Donoghue

Five year old Jack lives with Ma in Room.  In Room, there is Rug, there is Bed, there is Table.  All things are proper nouns, because this room and his mother are Jack’s entire life, after she was kidnapped and … Continue reading

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Christmas Reading Update

Though I took a massive stack of books home over the break, the evil flu that decided to infect me stopped my eyes working properly and I managed to do impressively little reading over the two week break.  Boo.  But … Continue reading

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Experimenting with Pathfinders

We’ve often been told that the current generation of students in our schools are the ‘Google Generation*’, a group of students who use the web with ease and feel that they have no need for books and traditional research as … Continue reading

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Hello, New Term!

Back to work!  Missed most of last week thanks to an appalling attack of flu that was well on its way to turning pneumonic* but now we’re back!  And plans for the year are already coming in thick and fast. … Continue reading

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Government cut funding for Booktrust

Today the news was announced that the Government are cutting the 100% of the funding for Booktrust, the organisation who run the Booked Up programme, which has been giving away a free book to all Year 7 students in the … Continue reading

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Exciting Times

In January, our school will be transforming into a Trust School, with close links to neighbouring establishments and the University of Hertfordshire. We recently attended a meeting with them about the possibilities of allowing our students and staff access to … Continue reading

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